var log = console.log , dlength = 700 , stime = 0 , boundary = new Buffer( 57 ) // build test data to parse , data = ( function () { var test = new Buffer( dlength * 1024 * 1024) , t = 0 , tlen = test.length ; log( '- now building a %d GB test buffer..', ( dlength / 1024 ).toFixed( 2 ) ); for ( ; ++t < tlen; ) { test[ t ] = t % 256; } log( '- test buffer created..' ); return test; } )() // crook parse method , magicParse = function ( pattern, data ) { var i = 0 , dlen = data.length , plen = pattern.length , pchar = pattern[ plen - 1 ] ; log( '- now parsing test buffer with magic algorithm..' ); for( stime = Date.now(); i < dlen; i += plen ) { /* * access data and compare current byte with the last byte of pattern, * then skip plen bytes, no other comparison. * best performance O(n/m) */ if( pchar === data[ i ] ) { // .. } } return []; } , results = magicParse( boundary, data ) , duration = ( Date.now() - stime ) , datarate = ( ( dlength / duration ) * ( 7.8125 ) ) ; log( '- elapsed time is; %d millis (I\'m the best!)', duration ); log( '- datarate is: %d Gbit/sec (Magic!)', ( datarate ).toFixed( 2 ) ); log( '- results: 0 found (Sorry, I\'m a crook!)' );